Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection
American art collector Chester Dale, who had a passion for late 19th and early 20th Century Avant Garde painting (a phrase that, of course, refers to different artists at different times) left a bequest to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC that includes 85 works from French and American artists. The museum has…
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Ken Auster
California artist Ken Auster studied for his BFA at Long Beach State University in the midst of the 1960’s surfing craze, and applied his talents to successful lines of silkscreen prints and T-shirt designs that became icons of surfer culture. In the 1990’s Auster moved into plein air painting, capturing immediate scenes in a painterly…
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Alexa Meade
When is a painting not a painting? Mixed media artist Alexa Meade presents that question in images that look like somewhat painterly expressionist/realist paintings but are in reality painted objects, including people. For her living paintings series Meade applies acrylic paint to the surfaces of objects and walls in way that mimics the appearance of…
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Restoration of Van Gogh’s The Bedroom
Vincent van Gogh’s now iconic painting of his bedroom in Arles is one of his most famous and favored works. He described his intention for the painting in his letters to his brother Theo, saying: “This time it’s simply my bedroom, but the colour has to do the job here, and through its being simplified…
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Chris Beck
Wisconsin artist Chris Beck went from the fine art program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to a career as a graphic designer and then found her way back to painting. Her bright, high-chroma watercolors have been featured in magazines like Watercolor Artist and The Artist’s Magazine and she has been the recipient of a number…
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Philip Geiger
Phillip Geiger says that he does not intend for his paintings to carry a narrative, but a narrative element is often implied by the posed subjects that inhabit his room interiors. His interiors are at once quiet and lively, calm and energetic. It is in his treatment of light and painterly handling that Geiger conveys…